"A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother," claimed a lunatic 3000 years ago.

When we think of Italian families, many of us imagine a lively scene: parents, grandparents, uncles, cousins, and children all gathered around a lavishly set table having a traditional family meal. However, recent data paints a very different picture.

For years, babies born to so-called enemies of the state in the GDR were taken away at birth. Some mothers are still searching for their children to this day.

What if your classmates or coworkers were secretly your half-siblings? For children conceived through donor sperm, that unsettling possibility is very real.

Israel is entangled in a multi-front war, but Jews do not feel safe in Europe either. Many decide to ‘go home’ and emigrate to Israel.